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New businesses lowest in Greece versus EU with funding obstacles burdening enterprises
EconomyFeatures, Greece has remained in bottom place since 2015, the year for which the data set first became... companies. Business launches Data from the General Commercial Register database (GEMI) has shown
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Authorities struggle with islanders' resistance to closed centres for migrants
PoliticsGreek PoliticsMitarakis, with one council leader on Lesbos complaining that “Mr Mitarakis has not come once... the government has enjoyed a degree of approval for its use of the police in support of its “law and order
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Sharp rise in M&A activities as 2019 proves record year
EconomyFeatures, and representing a record year for such activity in Greece. According to PWC, this activity has been... that the trend towards small-sized transactions between 10 to 150 million euros has solidified
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Retail turnover edged up by 0.2 pct in Dec, annual increase at 1.3 pct
EconomyMacroeconomy, the volume index has turned positive seven times across 2019. The average increase in the volume..., consumer confidence has shown an improvement of 28.5 points. Retail trade rose by 6 points month
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GDP falls by 0.7 pct QoQ in Q4 and increases by 1.9 pct in 2019
EconomyMacroeconomyBased on the first release, Greece’s real GDP growth has fallen below the forecasts made by the MoF... in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. The Hellenic Fiscal Council (HFC) has warned that the Greek
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Industrial production declines by 1.2 pct in January
EconomyMacroeconomyconfidence has risen by 5.7 points. Additionally, Markit’s PMI showed that Greece’s manufacturing PMI... is the highest that it has been since April 2019 and signalled a strengthening of the Greek manufacturing sector
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Unemployment reaches 16.8 pct in Q4
EconomyMacroeconomyhas declined by 1.9 percentage points (pps) from the Q4 2018 figure of 18.7 percent. The current... figure for long-term unemployed has remained below 600,000 for a fourth consecutive quarter. Part
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BoG highlights strong year for property in 2019 but warns of Covid-19 impact in 2020
EconomyFeaturesThe Bank of Greece (BoG) has made its first estimate of the impact of the coronavirus on the property market in Greece while outlining the positive year enjoyed by the sector in 2019. In the 2019... interest in this scheme has so far come from Chinese nationals, who represented over 70 percent
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Greece pinpoints flaws in Turkey's Aegean claims
PoliticsForeign Policy. Turkey has reiterated its longstanding claim that “Kastellorizo, a small island immediately across... and in Brussels claim that this information is highly confidential. Athens has sought to actively participate
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Greece clinches attractive yield for 7-year bond amid testing conditions, diminished interest
Economyof 263.4 basis points. Greece’s new issue matures on the 22nd of April 2027 and has a coupon of 2 pct... and means the Public Debt Management Agency has raised a total of 4.5 billion euros raised this year
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